Commensurate with the unification
of the Superior, Municipal, and Justice Courts of Mendocino
County, cases from all branches were consolidated into a single
computerized case management system. The Court still uses this
case management system today, and indices are current up through
the last day of the prior month.

The second computerized system
was implemented in 1990, covering civil and felony cases. All
case types are combined in a single alphabetized index. To make
searching easier, the index is separated into separate files,
separated by first letter of the party name.

The first computerized case
management system for Superior Court cases was implemented in
1984, covering civil and felony cases. This index system was
patterned after the manual ledgers, and there is a separate
ledger for plaintiffs, defendants, and felony cases. For
convenience, the ledgers are also split into separate sections
by the first letter of the party name, for quick access. As the
index is a computer-generated list, all names are alphabetized.

The first computerized case
management system for the Ukiah Justice Court was implemented in
1979, covering small claims and limited civil filings. Filings
after this date are included in the current County-wide Index.

Initially, civil and felony cases
were listed by hand in large ledger books. Scanned images of
these books are available starting in 1925 for Plaintiff indices
and 1930 for Defendant indices. Earlier books are available for
viewing in the Court Clerk's Office in Ukiah.

The Anderson Valley Justice Court maintained paper records of all court cases up through 1998, when it was
consolidated with other courts in the county, and cases managed on a computerized case management system.

The Round Valley Justice Court maintained paper records of all court cases up through 1998, when it was
consolidated with other courts in the county, and cases managed on a computerized case management system.

The Ten Mile Justice Court maintained paper records of all court cases up through 1989, when it went on its
first computer system. In 1991, the court was consolidated with other courts in the county, and cases managed
on the countywide computerized case management system.